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Litecoin (Abbreviation: LTC; sign: Ł) is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license. Inspired by Bitcoin, Litecoin was among the earliest altcoins, starting in October 2011. [4] [5] In technical details, the Litecoin main chain shares a slightly modified Bitcoin codebase.
Since the creation of bitcoin in 2009, the number of new cryptocurrencies has expanded rapidly. [1]The UK's Financial Conduct Authority estimated there were over 20,000 different cryptocurrencies by the start of 2023, although many of these were no longer traded and would never grow to a significant size.
Wakefield Scott Stornetta (born June 1959) is an American physicist and scientific researcher.His 1991 paper "How to Time-Stamp a Digital Document”, [1] co-authored with Stuart Haber, won the 1992 Discover Award for Computer Software and is considered to be one of the most important papers in the development of cryptocurrencies.
In October 2011, he released Litecoin on Bitcointalk. [7] He had written the blockchain technology based on Bitcoin in his spare time while employed at Google. He released Litecoin to the public after mining only 150 coins. [5] Lee has stated that he did not intend to compete with Bitcoin but meant Litecoin to be used for smaller transactions. [6]
For example, Litecoin aims to process a block every 2.5 minutes, rather than bitcoin's 10 minutes which allows Litecoin to confirm transactions faster than bitcoin. [19] Another example is Ethereum , which has smart contract functionality that allows decentralized applications to be run on its blockchain. [ 44 ]
Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency, was announced in October 2008 with the whitepaper Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System by Satoshi Nakamoto, [12] [13] followed by the implementation of the protocol as a peer-to-peer network in January 2009. [14]
On 31 October 2008, a link to a white paper authored by Satoshi Nakamoto titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System was posted to a cryptography mailing list. [16] Nakamoto implemented the bitcoin software as open-source code and released it in January 2009. [6] Nakamoto's identity remains unknown. [5]
First, that Dr. Wright is not the author of the Bitcoin white paper. Second, Dr. Wright is not the person who adopted or operated under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto in the period 2008 to 2011. Third, Dr. Wright is not the person who created the Bitcoin system. And, fourth, he is not the author of the initial versions of the Bitcoin software. [63]